Ian Armit
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748608584
- eISBN:
- 9780748670710
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748608584.001.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology
This book provides the first modern synthesis of the archaeology of Skye and Western Isles: a region with some of the finest and best-preserved archaeological monuments in Europe. Our understanding ...
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This book provides the first modern synthesis of the archaeology of Skye and Western Isles: a region with some of the finest and best-preserved archaeological monuments in Europe. Our understanding of the region has been transformed in recent years through the results of new archaeological excavations, field surveys, and reassessments of earlier work from the nineteenth century onwards. From the ritual monuments of the Neolithic period, notably the great stone circles at Calanais in Lewis, to the spectacular Iron Age brochs and wheelhouses of the Iron Age, the exceptional preservation of key monuments offers insights into the broader currents of British and European prehistory. In later periods, the arrival of the Vikings in the Outer Hebrides is marked by a series of important archaeological discoveries casting new light on the nature and extent of cultural change. As well as covering the periods before the emergence of detailed written history, the book also addresses the archaeology of later periods, exploring the history of human settlement and society from earliest prehistory to the Clearances.Less
This book provides the first modern synthesis of the archaeology of Skye and Western Isles: a region with some of the finest and best-preserved archaeological monuments in Europe. Our understanding of the region has been transformed in recent years through the results of new archaeological excavations, field surveys, and reassessments of earlier work from the nineteenth century onwards. From the ritual monuments of the Neolithic period, notably the great stone circles at Calanais in Lewis, to the spectacular Iron Age brochs and wheelhouses of the Iron Age, the exceptional preservation of key monuments offers insights into the broader currents of British and European prehistory. In later periods, the arrival of the Vikings in the Outer Hebrides is marked by a series of important archaeological discoveries casting new light on the nature and extent of cultural change. As well as covering the periods before the emergence of detailed written history, the book also addresses the archaeology of later periods, exploring the history of human settlement and society from earliest prehistory to the Clearances.
Colin Veach
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780719089374
- eISBN:
- 9781781706916
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719089374.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This chapter illustrates how the overlapping and ever fluctuating alignments of power in the western British Isles matched the Lacys with the Marshals in struggles for dominance of the Irish Sea ...
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This chapter illustrates how the overlapping and ever fluctuating alignments of power in the western British Isles matched the Lacys with the Marshals in struggles for dominance of the Irish Sea during the factionalist rebellions of Hugh de Lacy, earl of Ulster (1223-4) and Richard Marshal, earl of Pembroke (1233-4). The case is less clear in 1233-4 than it had been in 1223-4, but in both instances Henry III and his council backed one faction over another. This chapter also charts Walter de Lacy's decreasing political importance. No longer conspicuous on the battlefield, his lengthy quarrel with the Knights Hospitaller at the papal curia (one initiated by his wife, Margery) is an impressive display of the strength of his brand of aristocratic lordship, but it also cost Walter dearly. Burdened with his great debts to the crown and Jewish moneylenders, Walter was an invalid by 1237, blind shortly thereafter, and dead by 1241. The great Lacy inheritance, which once extended across four realms of the Plantagenet Empire, and had found its strength in the territorial integrity of its honors, was then carved up between his two granddaughters.Less
This chapter illustrates how the overlapping and ever fluctuating alignments of power in the western British Isles matched the Lacys with the Marshals in struggles for dominance of the Irish Sea during the factionalist rebellions of Hugh de Lacy, earl of Ulster (1223-4) and Richard Marshal, earl of Pembroke (1233-4). The case is less clear in 1233-4 than it had been in 1223-4, but in both instances Henry III and his council backed one faction over another. This chapter also charts Walter de Lacy's decreasing political importance. No longer conspicuous on the battlefield, his lengthy quarrel with the Knights Hospitaller at the papal curia (one initiated by his wife, Margery) is an impressive display of the strength of his brand of aristocratic lordship, but it also cost Walter dearly. Burdened with his great debts to the crown and Jewish moneylenders, Walter was an invalid by 1237, blind shortly thereafter, and dead by 1241. The great Lacy inheritance, which once extended across four realms of the Plantagenet Empire, and had found its strength in the territorial integrity of its honors, was then carved up between his two granddaughters.
